#C59CD1#C59CD1

#C59CD1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.087 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD1
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(286, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 24.58, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 32.51, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0652 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.087 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4214, 40.2516, 65.6331)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD1 #A8D19C

analogous

#AB9CD1 #C59CD1 #D19CC3

triadic

#C59CD1 #D1C59C #9CD1C5

tetradic

#C59CD1 #D1AB9C #A8D19C #9CC3D1

square

#C59CD1 #D1AB9C #A8D19C #9CC3D1

split-complementary

#C59CD1 #C3D19C #9CD1AB

monochromatic

#924DA6 #AD72BE #C59CD1 #DDC6E4 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C59CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C59CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD1	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.087 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9df',
    500: '#c59cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd1;
$custom-light: #d7b9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.415,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD1

secondary

#E1EBDE

accent

#AF3652

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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